{{short description|Uruguayan footballer (born 1999)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Batista|Ochoa|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Facundo Batista | image =Peñarol goleó 4-0 a The Strongest - 240814-6342-jikatu (Facundo Batista).jpg | upright = 0.9 | caption = Batista with Peñarol in 2024 | full_name = Facundo Agustín Batista Ochoa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|01|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay | height = 1.82 m | position = Forward | currentclub = Nacional | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Siete Estrellas | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Danubio | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = Defensor Sporting | years1 = 2018–2021 | clubs1 = Chiasso | caps1 = 9 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2019 | clubs2 = → Ponte Preta (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = → Académico Viseu (loan) | caps3 = 5 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2020–2021 | clubs4 = → Deportivo Maldonado (loan) | caps4 = 40 | goals4 = 16 | years5 = 2021–2025 | clubs5 = Necaxa | caps5 = 62 | goals5 = 14 | years6 = 2024 | clubs6 = → Querétaro (loan) | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2024–2025 | clubs7 = → Peñarol (loan) | caps7 = 17 | goals7 = 8 | years8 = 2025 | clubs8 = Polissya Zhytomyr | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 6 | years9 = 2025 | clubs9 = Atlético Nacional | caps9 = 19 | goals9 = 4 | years10 = 2026– | clubs10 = Peñarol | caps10 = 13 | goals10 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Uruguay U18 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 6 | nationalyears2 = 2018–2019 | nationalteam2 = Uruguay U20 | nationalcaps2 = 14 | nationalgoals2 = 4 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|URU}}}} {{MedalCompetition|South American Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2018 Cochabamba|Team}} | club-update = 11 December 2025 | ntupdate = }}
'''Facundo Agustín Batista Ochoa''' (born 16 January 1999) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga AUF Uruguaya club Peñarol.<ref name="soccerway">{{Soccerway|448446}}</ref>
==Club career== Batista played baby football for Siete Estrellas before joining Danubio. He left the club following an argument with a coach and joined rivals Defensor Sporting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facundo Batista, el goleador curtido por el sacrificio de la feria|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/facundo-batista-el-goleador-curtido-por-el-sacrificio-de-la-feria-20212817180/|date=9 February 2021|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> In August 2018, he joined Swiss second division club Chiasso. He joined Brazilian club Ponte Preta on loan in March 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ponte Preta surpreende e anuncia contratação de atacante uruguaio|url=https://carlosbatista.com.br/ponte-preta-surpreende-e-anuncia-contratacao-de-atacante-uruguaio/|date=14 March 2019|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
Batista joined Portuguese club Académico Viseu on loan in August 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facundo Batista reforça o Académico de Viseu|url=https://www.futebol365.pt/artigo/212868-mercado-facundo-batista-reforca-o-academico-de-viseu/|date=30 August 2019|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> He played eight matches for the club and scored a goal before terminating his contract in January 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title=Académico de Viseu rescindiu com Facundo Batista e Ismael Diaz|url=https://www.futebol365.pt/artigo/219025-academico-de-viseu-rescindiu-com-facundo-batista-e-ismael-diaz/|date=13 January 2020|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
Batista returned to Uruguay in January 2020 by signing for Deportivo Maldonado on a loan deal. He scored 16 goals from 40 matches for the club before terminating his contract on 30 June 2021.
On 17 September 2021, Batista joined Mexican club Necaxa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rayos del Necaxa presentó a Facundo Batista como refuerzo para el Apertura 2021|url=https://www.soyfutbol.com/ligas/Rayos-del-Necaxa-presento-a-Facundo-Batista-como-refuerzo-para-el-Apertura-2021-20210917-0036.html|date=17 September 2021|access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref> On 2 July 2024, he joined Peñarol on a loan deal until June 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=Facundo Batista, nuevo refuerzo de Peñarol: "Es un desafío muy importante, si no el más importante de mi carrera"|url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/futbol/facundo-batista-nuevo-refuerzo-penarol-es-un-desafio-muy-importante-si-no-el-mas-importante-mi-carrera-n5949233|language=es|date=2 July 2024|access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref>
==International career== Batista has represented Uruguay at youth international level.<ref>{{cite web|title=9 - Facundo Batista|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/9-facundo-batista/|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> He was part of Uruguay squad that finished third at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plantel para Chile 2019|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/sub-20-plantel-para-chile-2019/|date=19 December 2018|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Peñarol''' * Uruguayan Primera División: 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Penarol-los-41-jugadores-que-uso-Aguirre-para-el-titulo-los-que-mas-jugaron-y-goleadores-uc908305|title=Peñarol: los 41 jugadores que usó Aguirre para el título, los que más jugaron y goleadores|date=2 December 2024|access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref>
'''Uruguay U20''' * South American Games silver medal: 2018<ref>{{cite web|title=Chile 1 - 0 Uruguay|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/sub20-chile-1-0-uruguay-cochabamba/|language=es|date=5 June 2018|access-date=27 September 2022}}</ref>
'''Individual''' *Uruguayan Primera División Young Player of the Year: 2020<ref name="auf2020">{{cite web|title=Se definieron los Premios AUF anuales 2020|url=https://www.auf.org.uy/se-definieron-los-premios-anuales-2020/|date=23 April 2021|access-date=23 December 2022}}</ref> *Uruguayan Primera División Team of the Year: 2020<ref name=auf2020/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{WorldFootball.net|facundo-batista}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Batista, Facundo}} Category:Living people Category:1999 births Category:Footballers from Montevideo Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Uruguayan men's footballers Category:Uruguay men's under-20 international footballers Category:Uruguay men's youth international footballers Category:FC Chiasso players Category:Associação Atlética Ponte Preta players Category:Académico de Viseu F.C. players Category:Deportivo Maldonado players Category:Club Necaxa footballers Category:Querétaro F.C. footballers Category:Peñarol players Category:FC Polissya Zhytomyr players Category:Atlético Nacional footballers Category:Challenge League (Switzerland) players Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Category:Liga Portugal 2 players Category:Uruguayan Primera División players Category:Liga MX players Category:Ukrainian Premier League players Category:Categoría Primera A players Category:South American Games silver medalists for Uruguay Category:South American Games medalists in football Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia Category:21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen Category:Competitors at the 2018 South American Games
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